Eleven years to the day after she won her first World Cup podium at age 19 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Lindsey Vonn tied Annemarie Moser-Proell's women's record for career World Cup wins there on Sunday.

The carrot for Colorado State: Try to match the 11-2 record of the Rams' 1997 Western Athletic Conference champions, a Sonny Lubick-coached team that finished with a flourish, beating Missouri in the Holiday Bowl. And if they do that in the Las Vegas Bowl against former Mountain West rival Utah at Sam Boyd Stadium at 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 20, the accomplishment won't remain in Vegas.It will go into the CSU record books and perhaps be cited as affirmation that in the wake of Jim McElwain's departure to Florida last week, the Rams had the heart to play on ... one more time.